The day has arrived to select little Jojo\u2019s kente, a Ghanaian cloth known for its striking patterns. Kente has a rich cultural history; as Daddy says, it all began many years ago, when, according to lore, two hunters saw the spider Ananse spinning a beautiful web and asked him to teach them. Mummy, Daddy, baby Jojo, and the story\u2019s nameless young narrator enter a brick building filled with cloth and weavers hard at work at their looms, \u201cmoving their hands to an invisible beat.\u201d One of the weavers asks the protagonist what story the cloth should tell, and the child points to the rainbow peeking through the windows. \u201cAh, Nyankonton,\u201d the weaver says, \u201cthe story of God\u2019s eyebrows.\u201d Guided by the master weaver, the youngster gets to work on the loom: \u201cWe move\u2026and sway, with hands and feet. Dancing.\u201d As they \u201cweave to the beat,\u201d the child slips. Oh no! But the weaver is reassuring: \u201cKente is about love.\u201d Zunon\u2019s characteristic collage and mixed-media illustrations, radiant with bold color, practically leap from the page, conveying the richness of the fabrics. The layered images reflect the complexity of kente\u2014textural, intricate, and deeply symbolic. Munsch\u2019s lyrical text, infused with onomatopoeia and cultural detail, captures the rhythm of weaving, creating a narrative as vibrant as the cloth itself.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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